ST. THOMAS, USVI: American Paradise launches hospital CEO search

The Schneider Regional Medical Center board chose an executive search firm to help select a new chief executive officer and adopted a Fiscal Year 2009 budget. The board's executive search committee recommended Tyler & Company, an Atlanta-based executive search firm that specializes in the healthcare industry, to help them select the right candidate for the Schneider Regional CEO position. The hospital has been without a permanent CEO since August, when the territorial hospital board placed CEO Amos Carty Jr. on paid administrative leave and named Elizabeth Harris, who had been vice president of quality and performance improvement, interim CEO. On Sept. 5, the territorial board fired Carty.

The Westerly Hospital administrators say ongoing staffing changes are driven by reduced patient volume and the need to prepare for constant changes in the delivery of healthcare. "Part of the shift we're...